1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

1975 Hockey World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Dates	1–15 March 1975
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Stadium Merdeka
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ties Kruize; Manzoor-ul Hassan; Stefan Otulakowski (7 goals)
← 1973 (previous)	(next) 1978 →

The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan from a goal difference of 2–1. Surjit Singh scored the first crucial goal followed with the winner from Ashok Kumar. It was the second World Cup Final appearance for both the nations; Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India, the runner-up of 1973 edition. Germany defeated hosts, Malaysia, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place.^[1]

Qualified teams[]

Date	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Malaysia
24 August – 2 September 1973	1973 World Cup	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7	Netherlands India West Germany Pakistan Spain England New Zealand
2 – 11 May 1974	1974 EuroHockey Championship	Madrid, Spain	1	Poland
31 August – 5 September 1974	Pan American qualification tournament	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Argentina
October 1974		Cairo, Egypt	1	Ghana
	Oceania		1	Australia
Total			12

Group stage[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	14	6	+8	8	Semifinal
2	Malaysia (H)	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Semifinal
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	5	9	−4	5^[a]
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	5^[a]
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3^[b]
6	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	9	9	0	3^[b]

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand
^ ^a ^b Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands

1 March 1975

Malaysia	0–0	New Zealand

2 March 1975

Pakistan	2–2	Poland
Hassan 40' Khan 52'		Otulakowski 4', 60'

3 March 1975

Malaysia	0–0	Spain

4 March 1975

Netherlands	1–2	New Zealand
T. Kruize 49'		Ineson 39' Patel 64'

5 March 1975

Spain	4–1	Poland
Amat 24', 28' Cabot 25' 41'		Otulakowski 19'

5 March 1975

Netherlands	3–3	Pakistan
T. Kruize 17', 42' 54'		Hassan 20' Saeed 32' Rasool 57'

6 March 1975

Pakistan	2–0	New Zealand
Khan 39' 54'

6 March 1975

Malaysia	3–1	Poland
Francis 13' Shanmuganathan 60' Mahendran 63'		Otulakowski 27'

7 March 1975

Spain	1–0	New Zealand
Salles 44'

9 March 1975

Netherlands	3–0	Spain
45', 67' 63'

9 March 1975

New Zealand	3–2	Poland
Patel 32', 60' Ineson 66'		Sitek 6' Mielniczak 20'

9 March 1975

Pakistan	2–1	Malaysia
Saeed 14' Hassan 68'		Loke 67'

10 March 1975

Pakistan	5–0	Spain
Hassan 15', 55' Saeed 20' 41' Khan 57'

10 March 1975

Poland	2–1	Netherlands
Otulakowski 52', 62'		T. Kruize 48'

11 March 1975

Malaysia	2–1	Netherlands
Loke 21' Shanmuganathan 68'		T. Kruize 63'

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	5	3	1	1	14	5	+9	7^[a]	Semifinal
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	7^[a]	Semifinal
3	Australia	5	2	2	1	16	6	+10	6
4	England	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	5
6	Ghana	5	0	0	5	4	27	−23	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b India wins head-to-head against West Germany

2 March 1975

Australia	9–0	Ghana
Smith 16' 18', 34', 38' Walsh 26' 52' Cooke 57' Browning 67'

2 March 1975

India	2–1	England
Philips 13', 27'		21'

3 March 1975

West Germany	4–2	Argentina
Strodter 17' Peter 40' 43' Trump 57'		J. Sabbione 12' A. Sabbione 65'

5 March 1975

Australia	1–3	England
Cooke 33'		22', 24' Svehlik 43'

5 March 1975

West Germany	3–2	Ghana
Vos 23', 60' 66'		35', 64'

7 March 1975

India	1–1	Australia
Govinda 3'		Irvine 12'

7 March 1975

Argentina	2–1	Ghana
Paolucci 27', 46'		57'

8 March 1975

Argentina	3–3	England
Paolucci 19' Quaquarini 32' 38'		36', 64' 52'

8 March 1975

India	7–0	Ghana
Surjit 3' Govinda 9' Khan 11' Mohinder 44', 56', 59' Kumar 47'

8 March 1975

Australia	2–2	West Germany
Haigh 66' Poole 68'		37' Peter 65'

9 March 1975

Argentina	2–1	India
de Giocami 28' Barreiros 34'		Harcharan 21'

9 March 1975

West Germany	3–0	England
Strodter 22' Vos 55' Seifert 64'

10 March 1975

Australia	3–0	Argentina
34' Hammond 40' Browning 66'

10 March 1975

India	3–1	West Germany
Harcharan 21' Mohinder 37' 56'		Schmidt 27'

11 March 1975

England	6–1	Ghana
5', 53' 11', 27', 51' Svehlik 67'		52'

Classification round[]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[]

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

12 March

Netherlands	5
		14 March
Argentina	0
		Netherlands	3
12 March
		Poland	1
Poland (a.e.t.)	3

Ghana	2
		Eleventh place game

		14 March

		Argentina	6

		Ghana	0

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers[]

12 March 1975

Netherlands	5–0	Argentina
10' T. Kruize 15' Steens 27', 62' 32'

12 March 1975

Poland	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
37', 56' Otulakowski 104'		45' Aboagye 57'

Eleventh and twelfth place[]

14 March 1975

Argentina	6–0	Ghana
Marinoni ?' Paolucci ?', ?', ?' Disera ?' de Giacomi ?'

Ninth and tenth place[]

14 March 1975

Netherlands	3–1	Poland
H. Kruize 23', 69' T. Kruize 53'

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

12 March

England (a.e.t.)	5
		14 March
Spain	4
		Australia	3
12 March
		England	1
Australia	5

New Zealand	0
		Seventh place game

		14 March

		New Zealand	2

		Spain	1

Fifth to eighth qualifiers[]

12 March 1975

Australia	5–0	New Zealand
Haigh 15' Charlesworth 15', 60' Irvine 29', 46'

12 March 1975

England	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Svehlik 5', 28', 86' 17' 68'		12' Fabregas 31' Salles 35' Borrell 58'

Seventh and eighth place[]

14 March 1975

New Zealand	2–1	Spain
Patel 27' 46'		Fabregas 28'

Fifth and sixth place[]

14 March 1975

Australia	3–1	England
Irvine 17', 43' Haigh 69'		65'

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

13 March

Pakistan	5
		15 March
West Germany	1
		India	2
13 March
		Pakistan	1
India (a.e.t.)	3

Malaysia	2
		Third place

		15 March

		West Germany	4

		Malaysia	0

Semi-finals[]

13 March 1975

Pakistan	5–1	West Germany
Khan 7' Mansoor Jr. 38', 55' Hassan 42', 56'		Drose 60'

13 March 1975

India	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia
40' Khan 65' Harcharan 79'		Loke 32' Shanmuganathan 42'

Third and fourth place[]

15 March 1975

West Germany	4–0	Malaysia
Lauruschkat 4' Strodter 17' Trump 48', 63'

Final[]

In the final match, Indian team faced its traditional archrival Pakistani team. Match was scheduled on 15 March 1975. Ashok Kumar scored the all-important winning goal to achieve India's lone triumph in the World cup.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

15 March 1975

India	2–1	Pakistan
Surjit 44' Ashok Kumar 51'		Zahid 17'

Umpires:
G. Vijaynathan (MAS)
A. Renaud (FRA)

India Squad
Leslie Fernandez, Ashok Diwan (shirt no. 2), Surjit Singh (4), Michael Kindo, Aslam Sher Khan (5), Varinder Singh (6), , Mohinder Singh (8), Ajit Pal Singh (7 Captain), Ashok Kumar (17), B. P. Govinda (11), Harcharan Singh (15), , Victor Philips (10), (16),

Pakistan Squad
Saleem Sherwani (shirt no. 1), (2), (3), (14), Akhtar Rasool (5), (6), Islahuddin (7 Captain), (15), (9), (10), Samiullah Khan (11), Safdar Abbas (16)

1975 Hockey World Cup Winner
India First title

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team
	India
	Pakistan
	West Germany
4	Malaysia
5	Australia
6	England
7	New Zealand
8	Spain
9	Netherlands
10	Poland
11	Argentina
12	Ghana

References[]

^ Shah, J. J. (28 September 2011). "Targeting New Heights". malaysiahockey.com.my. Malaysian Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "India celebrates 30th anniversary of World Cup triumph". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 16 March 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ Lokapally, Vijay (26 February 2010). "The 1975 triumph and after". The Hindu. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Mar. 1975". the Times.

External links[]

Official website

[table_hth_ESP0.70332349403916-2] Spain wins head-to-head against New Zealand

[table_hth_POL0.70332349403916-3] Poland wins head-to-head against Netherlands

[table_hth_IND0.24375279165979-4] India wins head-to-head against West Germany

[1] Shah, J. J. (28 September 2011). "Targeting New Heights". malaysiahockey.com.my. Malaysian Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

[5] "India celebrates 30th anniversary of World Cup triumph". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 16 March 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

[hindu-6] Lokapally, Vijay (26 February 2010). "The 1975 triumph and after". The Hindu. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Mar. 1975". the Times.

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1975 Men's Hockey World Cup

Contents

Qualified teams[]

Group stage[]

Pool A[]

Pool B[]

Classification round[]

Ninth to twelfth place classification[]

Ninth to twelfth qualifiers[]

Eleventh and twelfth place[]

Ninth and tenth place[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Fifth to eighth qualifiers[]

Seventh and eighth place[]

Fifth and sixth place[]

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals[]

Third and fourth place[]

Final[]

Final ranking[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]